# Associate Director, Software Engineering

**Company**: GCIO
**Location**: Guangzhou, Guangdong
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Principal responsibilities:

- Lead solution design and hands-on technical delivery for DI products (React UI, Java/Python services, APIs, integrations).

- Own Technical solution for a project stream/module, API contracts, NFR definition and delivery, release readiness, day-to-day delivery governance, technical risk management, and stakeholder updates.

- Drive workflow/orchestration delivery and resilient long-running process patterns.

- Own delivery management: milestones, RAID, dependency management, sprint execution health, and stakeholder reporting.

- Ensure release and operational readiness: CI/CD quality gates, testing strategy, observability, runbooks, cutover/hypercare.

- Embed security and controls by design (secure APIs, secrets management, OWASP, auditability, data privacy).

- Mentor engineers through reviews, design sessions, and engineering standards.

Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications:

- 7+ years engineering experience with proven Tech Lead ownership on production deliveries.

- Strong React/TypeScript + Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python (FastAPI/Flask), microservices, REST APIs.

- Azure cloud-native delivery, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing.

- Strong delivery governance experience: planning, estimation, dependencies, RAID, release management.

- Plus: IDP/OCR, RAG, agents, Camunda ops, Kafka/event-driven, regulated/banking experience.

- Bachelor’s degree in IT discipline (or equivalent experience).

- 7+ years delivering production systems; demonstrable Tech Lead ownership across multiple releases.

- Strong in React/TypeScript and Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python (FastAPI/Flask); microservices and REST APIs.

- Azure cloud-native delivery, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and quality gates.

- Strong delivery management: milestone planning, dependency mapping, RAID, change control, release execution.

- Strong security/controls mindset suitable for a regulated environment.

What additional skills will be good to have?

- IDP/OCR, RAG, agents/tool-calling, vector stores; evaluation/quality approaches.

- Camunda operational experience (monitoring, incident handling, versioning).

- Event-driven architecture (Kafka/RabbitMQ), idempotency/eventual consistency.

- Prior banking/regulated delivery experience.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC. HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment.

## Skills

### Required
- React
- TypeScript
- Java
- Python
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- microservices
- REST APIs

### Nice to have
- IDP/OCR
- RAG
- agents
- Camunda ops
- Kafka/event-driven
- regulated/banking experience

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